Valmiki Ramayana · Ayodhya Kanda · Sarga 8
तस्माज्ज्येष्ठे हि कैकेयि राज्यतन्त्राणि पार्थिवाः। स्थापयन्त्यनवद्याङ्गि गुणवत्स्वितरेष्वपि
tasmājjyeṣṭhe hi kaikeyi rājyatantrāṇi pārthivāḥ| sthāpayantyanavadyāṅgi guṇavatsvitareṣvapi
O Kaikeyi of beautiful limbs, for that reason kings bestow the governance of the kingdom either on the eldest or on other virtuous sons.
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
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